Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / November 2008

Does anyone know whether you need to obtain an individual visa prior to
traveling to be able to disembark in Vietnamese and Cambodian ports of call?
I have heard cruise lines arrange for a group visa for those participating
in an excursion but not for those going ashore individually ...

In just a few hours we are flying to Atlanta and meeting up with great,
long term friends,  We will then fly to Barcelona for a 14 cruise on the
Century.   4 very excited seniors.  One of the highlights of this cruise
will be Casablanca.  We will go to "Rick's Cafe America" and our ...

Yes SOuth NJ has snow, about a inch or 2 WOW this was early to get it,
we went from SUMMEr to WINTER in 3 days!
Crazy.
and the Viking Group again will set sail in 16 days ! This sunday I am

Does anyone have a suggestion for renting a car one way between Orlando
and Fort Lauderdale at the end of January, 2009?  We'd like to get one
that has pier side drop off or drop off with a shuttle to the pier.  If
anyone has a discount code, that'd be appreciated as well.

crferry
crferry
Hi all you poker players. I need a roommate for the Card Player Royal
Caribbean Feb 14th. 14 day Asia cruise. I have an outside cabin will cost

How would you rank the most anticipated new ships?  Looks like an
exciting year.
http://www.ryanwahlstrom.com/blog1/articles/top-five-new-cruise-ships-for-2009/

I received this press release from Hurtigruten and thought it would be
of interest.  If you have missed any of my news' postings, they are
available on my web site.  
Best regards,

I just noticed that Royal Caribbean has placed banner ads indicating
"2-Day WOW Sale" coming on December 3rd and 4th. I haven't any ide
what that might be. But since they are hyping it this far in advance
its probably worth keeping an eye on their website

Royal Caribbean stock is selling for under $20 a share.
Time to buy?

I will admit to being wrong when I noted I thought RCL was a good buy
when it hit 20, but then again ANY stock you thought was a buy a month
ago - the day Warren Buffet announced he was buying stocks, turned out
to be loser.

I heard this on local metro news radio on 1010 WINS-AM.  Cruise clients
left high and dry.  I've been checking other local news sources for more
details.  At this point I think it may be related to a November 3,
story  in the Newark Star-Ledger about an employee found guilty of

How badly was the carnival ship damaged,i tried to pull up the
information,but my little web would not connect me.
surfer e2468
         cruise lover(~~~~~)

Someone on the roll call for my 12/8 sailing of my b2b2b cruises posted
this.
I'm surprised it hasn't been posted here.
Check out the roll call below, it has a couple of photos of the damaged

I read a news article today that Celebrity is returning to Bermuda with
seven day cruises between Bayonne and Kings Wharf at the Dockyard. The
ship will be the Celebrity Summit and it will be weekend departures. It
was announced this weekend on the Solstice. I am not reproducing the